Abbasi (surname)
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Abbasi or Alabbasi is a surname derived from the personal name Abbas, implying descent or association with someone called Abbas. The name is especially popular in Pakistan and Iran.[1] In particular, it may be used by families claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) or from similar ancestral sources.[2][3] Notable people with this surname include:
- Ali Abbasi (director) (born 1981), Iranian-Danish film director
- Ali Abbasi (television host) (1961–2004), Pakistani-born Scottish television presenter
- Amanullah Abbasi, Pakistani judge
- Anoushay Abbasi, Pakistani actress
- Ansar Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
- Aram Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Armita Abbasi, Iranian protester, assaulted and detained as a prisoner
- Asadollah Abbasi, Iranian politician
- Ashraf Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Davoud Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Fereydoon Abbasi (1958–2025), Iranian nuclear scientist and politician
- Forough Abbasi, Iranian alpine skier
- Hamza Ali Abbasi, Pakistani actor and the religious student of Islamic scholar Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
- Heydar Abbasi, Iranian poet
- Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricketer
- Javeria Abbasi, Pakistani film–television actress
- Kashif Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
- Kazi Jalil Abbasi, Indian politician
- Mohammad Abbas Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Mohammad Abbasi, Iranian politician
- Mohammadreza Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman
- Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Pakistani judge
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Bangladeshi musicologist
- Mustafa Abbasi, historian
- Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Nadeem Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
- Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Pericles Abbasi, attorney
- Rajab Ali Khan Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistani politician, businessman, and former prime minister of Pakistan (2017–18)
- Shakeel Abbasi, Pakistani field hockey player
- Shaykh 'Abbasi, Persian painter
- Soulmaz Abbasi, Iranian rower
- Tanveer Abbasi, Pakistani poet
- Vahid Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian volleyball player
- Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistani navy officer
- Zeeshan Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
